Trashy dessert

[Peeps]

All you food snobs from the earlier thread may want to avert your eyes here...I found this recipe on the Sweet Potato Queens website and although it sounds like something you'd bring to a potluck at a trailer park, it is soooo yummy. (The original post where I found it is at http://www.sweetpotatoqueens.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=3&t=000011 ) I can't take credit for it but I'm sharing it anyway because it was all I could do to not eat the whole pan with a spoon in one sitting. Even though it is a little lowbrow I figured I had to share something that good - and of course I lightened it! (I will say I used the sugar free pudding the first time but won't again - the regular stuff is fat free anyway and does taste much better.)
Here it is:

STRIPED PIE

1 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1 c. sugar
1/3 c. melted butter (I used light margerine)
8 oz. cream cheese (fat free worked fine)
1/4 c. sugar
2 tablespoons skim milk
1 8oz tub fat free whipped topping, thawed
2 packages chocolate instant pudding (3.4 oz each)
2 3/4 - 3 c. skim milk

Combine first 3 ingredients. Press into the bottom of a large pan. 9x13 worked well. Refrigerate while you make filling.
Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth, add sugar and milk, beat until combined. Fold in half of whipped topping. Spread over graham cracker crust, refrigerate. Combine 2 packages chocolate instant pudding with 2 3/4 to 3 cups skim milk. Spread pudding over cream cheese filling, top with remaining half of container of whipped topping. Refrigerate for as long as you can stand to wait.

[BlueMoose]

peeps... that does sound really good! I don't even dare to try it!

[sneezles]

Sounds great and something that my guys would love. Thanks for sharing! I have everthing but the graham crackers so I think I'll use oreo crumbs (and no I don't crush my own crackers or cookies http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif ).

[hka]

I love the sound of that! I think I'll be giving it a whirl myself. Thank you for sharing Peeps!

[Sara Emily]

Oh Peeps, you must have realized that it was TIME for us to put aside the beans, barley, and greens in favor of a wonderfully DECADENT treat and reward! Bless you! http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

[Melina]

Peeps, it sounds great, especially for the summer. Do you think I could just use some butter flavored spray in order to moisten and press down the crumbs? I really need to try to elimate the 1/3 cup of melted margerine. Or since we're getting down and dirty into desserts with no snob appeal, Keebler has a new novelty product called a "waffle bowl". It's roughly the size of a dessert bowl and it's made of the same batter as sugar ice cream cones. They have only 1g of fat and 50 calories. I have a box of them and I think that I may try to use them with the filling from your recipe, and make individual portions instead of a pie. I just hope that they hold up in the refrigerator. Thanks for the sharing; I'm a chocolate pudding addict.
Melina

[Peeps]

Melina-
I don't know about butter spray but I think you could easily cut down on the amount of butter in the crust - I mean, when you're just shoveling it out of the pan directly into your mouth, who cares if the crumbs hold together or not, right? The filling isn't too watery or anything so it might work in those waffle bowls - let us know!

[Beth]

Somewhere I saw an egg white used to bind the crumbs for a crust. May have been a CL recipe. I haven't tried it, but it would do a quick bake for about 10 min to set the crust and cook the egg white a little.

[Melina]

Thanks Peeps, I'm still laughing.

[Melina]

Beth, I'll try to find the egg white crust, it would be ideal. I could use it all summer long for cool pies. Thanks.
Melina

[BosunsWife]

I've had the full fat version of this and it is so yummy!